Myself I never really liked open plan offices: I worked in one where they went so far as to make the workstations interchangeable: you put your personal stuff into a portable drawer and wheeled it to your station in the morning, then packed up and wheeled it to the wall at night.
I’ve never had to hot desk, but it doesn’t sound great. Done in the right way it can be quite freeing (I’ve always liked the sound of how Valve work, where you can hop between projects based on what interests you — supposedly, at least). But in reality it’s more about taking agency away from employees, and preventing them from forming connections.
Man, also hoping Alice being "especially comely" and "most capable" isn't implying the creepy Jimmy Savile things I felt it implied. If you're following our Earth's Timeline for UK General Elections then the "Last Campaign" implies 1970 (since the UK General Election in 1974 was held Feb 28th...), and I'm not certain what an "especially comely" 14 year old would be doing in a "most capable" manner during the 1970 election.
Especially as Nigel here yells at his "most capable" assistant just before telling her she'll basically get any job she wants.
Man, you really established Nigel as an asshole among assholes. Nigel Planer is the the only Nigel I can think of offhand who gives the name "Nigel" a good name!
You can definitely assume some queasy unpleasantness with regards to Alice. You can bet on Nigel Maxwell to be inappropriate in whatever ways are possible, whenever the cameras aren't rolling.
This is one of those chapters that was initially supposed to cover more ground, but ended up being split into 2 chapters due to length. I now have to decide whether to maintain Nigel's POV, or switch it up. Both could work!
Nigel can, in no way, shape, or form fuck things up badly...
Oy.
Myself I never really liked open plan offices: I worked in one where they went so far as to make the workstations interchangeable: you put your personal stuff into a portable drawer and wheeled it to your station in the morning, then packed up and wheeled it to the wall at night.
I was not a fan.
I’ve never had to hot desk, but it doesn’t sound great. Done in the right way it can be quite freeing (I’ve always liked the sound of how Valve work, where you can hop between projects based on what interests you — supposedly, at least). But in reality it’s more about taking agency away from employees, and preventing them from forming connections.
Man, also hoping Alice being "especially comely" and "most capable" isn't implying the creepy Jimmy Savile things I felt it implied. If you're following our Earth's Timeline for UK General Elections then the "Last Campaign" implies 1970 (since the UK General Election in 1974 was held Feb 28th...), and I'm not certain what an "especially comely" 14 year old would be doing in a "most capable" manner during the 1970 election.
Especially as Nigel here yells at his "most capable" assistant just before telling her she'll basically get any job she wants.
Man, you really established Nigel as an asshole among assholes. Nigel Planer is the the only Nigel I can think of offhand who gives the name "Nigel" a good name!
You can definitely assume some queasy unpleasantness with regards to Alice. You can bet on Nigel Maxwell to be inappropriate in whatever ways are possible, whenever the cameras aren't rolling.
This is one of those chapters that was initially supposed to cover more ground, but ended up being split into 2 chapters due to length. I now have to decide whether to maintain Nigel's POV, or switch it up. Both could work!